Entry № 1753 · Old Norse origin

Nanna Nanna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NAH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Baldr's wife (died of grief)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Old Norse)

A name that means "baldr's wife (died of grief)".

Nanna is from the Old Norse nanna (woman, mother). **Nanna** was the Norse goddess and **wife of the beautiful god Baldr** — when Baldr was killed by Loki's trick and laid on the funeral pyre, **Nanna died of grief and was burned alongside him**. **The original "died of a broken heart."**

Featured in the Prose Edda.

Baldr's wife. Died of grief and was burned with him on his funeral pyre.

The name in its native script.

Nanna
Transliteration
Nanna
Pronunciation
/ ˈnɑːn.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nanna stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Nanna · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Nannas before her.

Real people
Nanna
Norse goddess.
In fiction
Nanna
Featured in the Prose Edda.
Snorri Sturluson

Names connected to Nanna.

The number behind Nanna.

4

The Builder

Nanna reduces to four — the number of Norse devotion.

Why families chose this name.

"Baldr's wife. Five letters. Nanna."
Sigrid · Mother of one · Asgard